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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are grinding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an ongoing action, typically related to grinding something, such as food, materials, or even metaphorically in terms of hard work or effort.
Example: "The workers are grinding the wheat into flour to prepare for the baking process."
Alternatives: "are milling" or "are crushing".
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They are grinding, underpaying and constraining.
They are grinding down people into economic servitude.
Long-awaited war crimes tribunals are grinding away.
They are grinding her down and pretending they don't even know it.
Large improvised disposal facilities are grinding up broken concrete and wood into landfill material for reconstruction.
In the meantime, basic civic functions are grinding to a halt.
Our cities are overcrowded, our roads clogged up and our railways are grinding to a halt.
Both sides are grinding out numbers and studies as never before.
In Basra, British forces are grinding down what remains of Iraqi resistance there.
The other guys, quite frankly, are grinding to make sure that their assignments are accurate all of the time".
That's why us Kiwis make a terrible sports crowd: you can't sing when your teeth are grinding.
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